Rare daytime fireball spotted in skies over Alabama 4 other states 26JUN2025
House Hit Meteorites Found!
Rare daytime fireball spotted in skies over Alabama, 4 other states
Patrick Darrington, AlCom, June 26, 2025
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Paul H.
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
A Mysterious Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn't Exist
NWA 15915- A Mysterious Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn't Exist
A Mysterious Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn't Exist
Scientists think it came from a planet similar to Mercury, but not Mercury.
by Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, March 21, 2025
Northwest Africa 15915 Meteorological Bulletin
Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longer exists
by Alex Wilkins, New Scientist, March 18, 2025
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Paul H.
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Real VS Fake Libyan Desert Glass and Moldavite
Real VS Fake Libyan Desert Glass and Moldavite
Real VS Fake Libyan Desert Glass
Earth Science Fun
Real VS Fake Moldavite and How to Tell the Difference
Earth Science Fun
Moldavites: Natural Or Fake? Jaroslav Hyršl, GIA
Fake moldavites
Moldavite Museum
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Paul H.
Saturday, 8 March 2025
Officials confirm meteorites up to 2 pounds fell to Earth in Maine 07MAR2025
Officials confirm meteorites up to 2 pounds fell to Earth in Maine
NASA: A meteorite fell in Down East, Maine
Eyewitnesses reported hearing a "sonic boom" when a meteorite fell in Washington County in l
ate February, according to NASA.
News Center Maine, March 6, 2025
Officials confirm meteorites up to 2 pounds fell to Earth in Maine
This is less than 2 years after the first radar-
observed meteorite fall ever seen in Maine
WMTW, Maine, March 6, 2025
Radar detects meteorites landed in northern Washington County
by Meteorologist Ryan Munn, WGME, March 6th
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Paul H.
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Earth’s oldest impact structure was just found in Australia
Earth’s oldest impact structure was just found in Australia
Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia
– exactly where geologists hoped it would be
Tim Johnson, The Conversation, March 6, 2025
the open access paper is;
Kirkland, C.L., Johnson, T.E., Kaempf, J. et al. A
Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton,
Western Australia. Nat Commun 16, 2224 (2025).
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Paul H.
Sunday, 9 February 2025
What if Asteroid Bennu hit Earth? 09FEB2025
What if Asteroid Bennu hit Earth?
What if Asteroid Bennu hit Earth?
Kelley, Kizer Whitt, EarthSky, February 7, 2025
"Asteroid Bennu is a 1,640-foot-wide (500-meter-wide)
space rock that has a 1-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth
in September 2182.”
More about asteroid 2024 YR4
Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up.
Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry
"We are still at 97.7% chance of a miss from this asteroid."
Robert Lea, SpaceCom, https://www.space.com/asteroid-2024yr4-odds-increase-no-concern
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down).
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the
space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
New York Times, Robin George Andrews, February 8, 2025, paywalled
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Paul H.
Friday, 7 February 2025
Impact origin of Grand canyons on the Moon. 07FEB2025
Impact origin of Grand canyons on the Moon.
Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon
Charles Q. Choi, SpaceCom, February 4, 2025
The open access paper is:
Kring, D.A., Kallenborn, D.P. & Collins, G.S. Grand canyons on the Moon.
Nat Commun 16, 1146 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55675-z
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Paul H.
Monday, 3 February 2025
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid PHA 2024 YR4 that could hit Earth in 2032 02FEB2025
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid PHA 2024YR4 that could hit Earth in 2032
-Potentially Hazardous Asteroid, PHA 2024 YR4
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
Scott Neuman, Nationalk Public radio, February 2, 2025
Active IAWN Notification, International Asteroid Warning Network
Potential for Impact of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 on 22 December 2032
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Paul H.
Saturday, 25 January 2025
Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home’s front walkway 25JAN2025
Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home’s front walkway
By Jackie Wattles, CNN, January 22, 2025
See – And Hear – Meteorite Crash To Earth
Weather Channel, January 21, 2025
Shocking thing:' Watch first-of-its-kind video of meteorite crashing outside a home
Amaris Encinas, USA Today, January 23, 2025
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Paul H.
Saturday, 18 January 2025
Fossil Ivory Smuggler Facing Prison in Russia 18JAN2025
Fossil Ivory Smuggler Facing Prison in Russia
Smuggling fossil ivory doesn’t pay in Russia.
‘Ice ivory’ smuggler foiled in Russia – officials (PHOTO)
One more article is:
The climate crisis has sparked a Siberian mammoth tusk gold rush
Sabrina Weiss, Wired, November 8, 2019
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Paul H.
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are 08JAN2025
Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are
The public needs context about unreviewed manuscripts, survey suggests
Jeffrey Brainard, Science Advisor, SAA, January 6, 2025
The open access paper is:
Fleerackers, A., Ratcliff, C.L., Wicke, R., King, A.J. and Jensen, J.D., 2024.
Public understanding of preprints: How audiences make sense of unreviewed
research in the news. Public Understanding of Science, p.09636625241268881.
Yours,
Paul H.
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